and this is paul ryan, usa today, paul ryan loses the vice presidential bid, but he keeps his house seat. there's the headline. here is president obama from last night. [video clip] >> america, i believe we can build on the progress we have made, and continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunity and new security for the middle class. i believe we can keep the promise of our founders. the idea that if you are willing to work hard, it does not matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like, or where you love. it doesn't matter whether you are black, white, hispanic or native american, young or old, rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight, you can make it here in america. [applause] i believe we can seize this future together. because we are not as divided as our politics suggest. we are not as subtle as the pundits believe. we are greater than the sum of our individual invention. and we will remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are the united states of america. we will continue our journey forward. we lived in the greatest nation on ea